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Gauteng’s food safety crisis is hitting hard after kids fell ill and died from contaminated food at informal stalls — and the Public Protector’s preliminary findings reveal a broken system. Municipalities are chronically understaffed, with environmental health practitioners at less than 30% of needed levels, leaving routine inspections a distant dream. Compliance rates in places like Ekurhuleni? A dismal 5%. Worse, licensing and tax systems are disconnected, letting unregulated stalls operate tax-free. While many shops are run by foreign nationals — legally allowed under South African law — the real problem is systemic failure: no one’s watching, no one’s being held accountable, and everyone’s at risk.

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